Help Expand Merlin in Bolivia
More than 150 recordings of each bird species are needed to train Merlin to identify a species by sound, but only 20% of bird species worldwide have enough recordings in eBird and the Macaulay Library.
You can help Merlin Sound ID learn new species and expand to new areas by making sound recordings, uploading them to eBird checklists, and tagging the background species audible in the recording.

Target Species
Updated: 5 June 2025
These species do not yet have the required 150 recordings to start training Merlin Sound ID to learn the species. With your help, we can reach 150+ for each species and be ready to add them to Sound ID!
- Andean Gull (Chroicocephalus serranus)
- Glittering-bellied Emerald (Chlorostilbon lucidus)
- Rufescent Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum)
- Whistling Heron (Syrigma sibilatrix)
- Spot-winged Pigeon (Patagioenas maculosa)
- White-tipped Plantcutter (Phytotoma rutila)
- Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
- Peach-fronted Parakeet (Eupsittula aurea)
- Black-collared Hawk (Busarellus nigricollis)
- Savanna Hawk (Buteogallus meridionalis)
- Creamy-breasted Canastero (Asthenes dorbignyi)
- Dusky-green Oropendola (Psarocolius atrovirens)
- Little Woodpecker (Dryobates passerinus)
- Yellow-billed Pintail (Anas georgica)
- Ash-breasted Sierra Finch (Geospizopsis plebejus)
- Greenish Yellow-Finch (Sicalis olivascens)
- Blue Dacnis (Dacnis cayana)
- Brown-capped Redstart (Myioborus brunniceps)
- Plumbeous Ibis (Theristicus caerulescens)
- Andean Goose (Oressochen melanopterus)
- Crowned Slaty Flycatcher (Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus)
- Crested Duck (Lophonetta specularioides)
- Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis)
- Greater Wagtail-Tyrant (Stigmatura budytoides)
- Chotoy Spinetail (Schoeniophylax phryganophilus)
- Blue-capped Tanager (Sporathraupis cyanocephala)
- Cinnamon Teal (Spatula cyanoptera)
- Yellow-bellied Siskin (Spinus xanthogastrus)
- White-browed Meadowlark (Leistes superciliaris)
- Variegated Flycatcher (Empidonomus varius)
- White-banded Mockingbird (Mimus triurus)
- Gray Tinamou (Tinamus tao)
- Plain-colored Seedeater (Catamenia inornata)
- Pale-legged Warbler (Myiothlypis signata)
- Green Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza)
- Planalto Hermit (Phaethornis pretrei)
- White-eared Puffbird (Nystalus chacuru)
- Cordilleran Canastero (Asthenes modesta)
- Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant (Myiotheretes striaticollis)
- Sierran Elaenia (Elaenia pallatangae)
- Scissor-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis torquata)
- Barred Fruiteater (Pipreola arcuata)
- Orange-headed Tanager (Thlypopsis sordida)
- Band-tailed Manakin (Pipra fasciicauda)
- Cream-backed Woodpecker (Campephilus leucopogon)
- Bronze-green Euphonia (Euphonia mesochrysa)
- White-collared Jay (Cyanolyca viridicyanus)
- Red-stained Woodpecker (Dryobates affinis)
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove (Columbina minuta)
- Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrant (Pogonotriccus ophthalmicus)
- Band-tailed Sierra Finch (Rhopospina alaudina)
- Pantanal Snipe (Gallinago paraguaiae)
- Flammulated Pygmy-Tyrant (Hemitriccus flammulatus)
- Swallow-tailed Hummingbird (Eupetomena macroura)
- Sapphire-spangled Emerald (Chionomesa lactea)
- Grass-green Tanager (Chlorornis riefferii)
- Montane Foliage-gleaner (Anabacerthia striaticollis)
- Band-tailed Antbird (Hypocnemoides maculicauda)
- Little Cuckoo (Coccycua minuta)
- Crested Quetzal (Pharomachrus antisianus)
- Streaked Tuftedcheek (Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii)
- Sick’s Swift (Chaetura meridionalis)
- Gray-rumped Swift (Chaetura cinereiventris)
- Barred Becard (Pachyramphus versicolor)
- Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)
- Bicolored Hawk (Astur bicolor)
- Screaming Cowbird (Molothrus rufoaxillaris)
- Large-billed Antwren (Herpsilochmus longirostris)
- Amazonian Plain-Xenops (Xenops genibarbis)
- White-vented Euphonia (Euphonia minuta)
- Bluish-slate Antshrike (Thamnomanes schistogynus)
- Streamer-tailed Tyrant (Gubernetes yetapa)
- Short-billed Canastero (Asthenes baeri)
- White-throated Antpitta (Grallaria albigula)
- Red-headed Manakin (Ceratopipra rubrocapilla)
- Brown Cacholote (Pseudoseisura lophotes)
- Checkered Woodpecker (Dryobates mixtus)
- Brazilian Tinamou (Crypturellus strigulosus)
- Spot-breasted Woodpecker (Colaptes punctigula)
- Red-breasted Meadowlark (Leistes militaris)
- Violet-headed Hummingbird (Klais guimeti)
- Ashy-headed Greenlet (Hylophilus pectoralis)
- Golden Tanager (Tangara arthus)
- Sclater’s Antwren (Myrmotherula sclateri)
- Yellow-breasted Warbling-Antbird (Hypocnemis subflava)
- Stripe-necked Tody-Tyrant (Hemitriccus striaticollis)
- Burnished-buff Tanager (Stilpnia cayana)
- Red-billed Pied Tanager (Lamprospiza melanoleuca)
- Amazonian Streaked-Antwren (Myrmotherula multostriata)
- Chestnut Woodpecker (Celeus elegans)
- Sulphury Flycatcher (Tyrannopsis sulphurea)
- Silky-tailed Nightjar (Antrostomus sericocaudatus)
- Rufous-banded Miner (Geositta rufipennis)
- Dusky-tailed Flatbill (Ramphotrigon fuscicauda)
- Collared Crescentchest (Melanopareia torquata)
- Point-tailed Palmcreeper (Berlepschia rikeri)
- Slaty Finch (Haplospiza rustica)
- Long-tailed Reed Finch (Donacospiza albifrons)
- White-eyed Stipplethroat (Epinecrophylla leucophthalma)
- Yellow-breasted Crake (Laterallus flaviventer)
- Black-throated Tody-Tyrant (Hemitriccus granadensis)
- Ochre-breasted Antpitta (Grallaricula flavirostris)
- Golden-winged Parakeet (Brotogeris chrysoptera)
- Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)
- Spotted Puffbird (Bucco tamatia)
- Buff-cheeked Greenlet (Pachysylvia muscicapina)
- Bronzy Jacamar (Galbula leucogastra)
- Gray-eyed Greenlet (Hylophilus amaurocephalus)
- Zimmer’s Tody-Tyrant (Hemitriccus minimus)
- Leymebamba Antpitta (Grallaricula leymebambae)